Open Office 3.2

fred smith fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
Thu Apr 15 13:03:00 UTC 2010


On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:03:12PM +0000, hewjr1000 at gmail.com wrote:
> attempt to install from desktop, ask me to become root for best install.
> 
> how do I become root on desktop

open a terminal window and type in:

	su - root

and enter the root password when prompted.

from there on, that terminal is root (though the rest of the desktop
isn't) and commands run therein run as root.

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